Trump’s Newest Nazi Knock-Off | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

Trump’s Newest Nazi Knock-Off | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

From DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas by Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

June 9, 2026 · 1h 4m

About this episode

Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas discuss Trump's controversial policies and the rising number of international conflicts.

Conflict reporter/writer/cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. Today we discuss: • Trump’s DOJ will denaturalize 17 U.S. citizens convicted of crimes such as health care fraud, wire fraud and other unlawful conduct. Denaturalization is extreme and rare in democracies, and at scale was most recently used by Nazi Germany during World War II to deport Jews to death camps. Also, a judge voided Trump’s $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas. • Trump repeats his claim that a deal to end the war in Iran could be reached in “two or three days,” and that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen “immediately” after such a deal. Trump said that the two parties are in the final stages of a “very, very good deal that will not in any way allow nuclear weapons.” • A study records the highest number of conflicts between states since World War II , and the highest number of fatalities recorded since the Rwandan genocide. There were 65 active conflicts in 2025, according to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University. The number of direct conflicts between individual states doubled from the previous year…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ted Rall, Jamarl Thomas

Topics covered

  • denaturalization
  • Trump administration
  • international conflicts
  • mainstream media
  • political analysis
  • health care fraud
  • war in Iran

Keywords

  • Trump
  • denaturalization
  • conflicts
  • Uppsala Conflict Data Program
  • Iran
  • Ukraine
  • Israel
  • Rwandan genocide
  • mainstream media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Uppsala Conflict Data Program

Places: Iran, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Cambodia, Syria, Yemen

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